The Bethlehem Murders
4 Extra Debut. Schoolteacher Omar Yussef tries to clear a student falsely accused of murder in his hometown. Starring Peter Polycarpou.
Schoolteacher Omar Yussef turns amateur sleuth in this crime fiction set in Palestine.
Yussef tries to save the life of his former student George Saba, a Christian recently returned to his home town of Bethlehem, who has fallen foul of a Palestinian militia group.
In doing so, Yussef uncovers a world of corruption, cynicism and fear which makes him regret the passing of a time when Christians and Muslims lived peacefully side by side.
Matt Rees has turned his observations from working as Time magazine's Jerusalem bureau chief into a set of Palestine-based murder mysteries.
Dramatised by Jennifer Howarth.
Omar Yussef ...... Peter Polycarpou
Habib Saba / Marwan Natsha ...... Vincent Ebrahim
Khamis Zeydan ...... Nabil Elouahabi
George Saba ...... Zubin Varla
Dima Rahman ...... Sirine Saba
Abdel Rahman / Jihad Awdeh ...... Selva Rasalingam
Hussein Tamari ...... Philip Arditti
Abu Jeriez ...... Carlos Chahine
Ramiz ...... Amir El-Masry
Director: Mary Peate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in March 2018.
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Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Omar Yussef | Peter Polycarpou |
| Habib Saba | Vincent Ebrahim |
| Marwan Natsha | Vincent Ebrahim |
| Khamis Zeydan | Nabil Elouhabi |
| George Saba | Zubin Varla |
| Dima Rahman | Sirine Saba |
| Jihad Awdeh | Selva Resalingham |
| Hussein Tamari | Philip Arditti |
| Abu Jeriez | Carlos Chahine |
| Ramiz | Amir El-Masry |
| Director | Mary Peate |
| Author | Matt Rees |
| Adaptor | Jennifer Howarth |
Broadcasts
Sun 4 Mar 201815:00BBC Radio 4- Sat 10 Mar 201821:00BBC Radio 4
- Mon 25 Jul 202210:00BBC Radio 4 Extra
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